Answer to Question #197798 in Statistics and Probability for Jean Claude

Question

MATH205

Question 1 (a). In each of the following research situations, state the type of statistical test that may be used to answer the research question. Give a brief reason for your answer.

(i). The mean age of all 2000 students enrolled in the KCC weekend programme since the programme was started is equal to 35 years. The mean age of the 500 students who were enrolled in the programme during the 2020/2021 academic year is 40 years with standard deviation of 8 years. Is true that the 500 students enrolled in the programme during the 2020/2021 academic year are older than the population of all students enrolled in the programme?

Answer 1

Solution:

One sample t-Test.

The One Sample t-Test examines whether the mean of a population is statistically different from a known or hypothesized value.